Hobbit & Rhino Ryder Auto

Germinated in wet paper towel for 3 days before transplanting to hempy solo cup filled with coco coir and grow stones. Watered initially with 6PH RO water. A few days later I tried nutrients at a fraction of what they actually call for. The Hobbit didn't like the nutrients and showed burns on the tip. The Rhino Ryder was better with the nutrients but still wasn't crazy about it. I flushed them both at the end of the week with RO water again and they both responded well. Horticulture Lighting Group HLG 65 Quantum Board Bush Doctor Coco Loco Growstone GS-2 (Mix This!) SATURDAY - NOTHING SUNDAY - 4 cups RO Water; .5ml Cali Pro A & B; Rhino Skin 1/4tsp; Oregonism XL 1/2tsp FRIDAY - 2 cups RO Water

SUNDAY - NOTHING MONDAY - 2 Cups RO Water; 1/8 tsp CalMag; 1/4tsp Oregonism XL TUESDAY - Added 2nd Light: HLG 65 4000K; Added Phresh Carbon Filter with Hurricane Fan to keep temps down. Wednesday - NOTHING THURSDAY - Transferred to 5 Gallon Hempy Buckets; 2 Gallons of RO Water (1 Gallon per); Half Recommended Nutes; Cali Pro A&B 1/2tsp; Oregonism XL 2tsp; Silica 1tsp FRIDAY - NOTHING SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes; Cali Pro A&B 1tsp each; Oregonism XL 2tsp; Cal-Mag 1tsp The Hobbit has seen some really good growth, while the Rhino Ryder growth has been slow. I tried to be more consistent with my watering this week because I knew I was transplanting. The transplant went well. I just cut the bottom of the cup off at the resevoir line, inspected the roots, then I cut a slit up one side of the cup before placing it in the 5 gallon bucket filled with CoCo and Growstones. The day of transplanting each plant got half nutes. On the final day of the week I gave them a full does of nutes split between both plans since they looked like they were recovering nicely. My only current issue is heat which came from adding the second HLG65 quantum board. I moved both ballast out of the grow box to take that heat away but the boards themselves still get pretty hot. I will need to figure out a way to keep temps down.

SUNDAY - NOTHING MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water TUESDAY - NOTHING WEDNESDAY - FULL NUTES; 1 Gallon RO Water (Shared) THURSDAY - LST Hobbit, Trimmed Fan Leaves off both plants FRIDAY - 1/4 Gallon RO Water SATURDAY - More LST, More Defoliating Really good week of growth. Monday was pure water feed following 2 full nutes feeds the previous week. Wednesday was another full nutes day. Thursdays the plants looked full and I noticed some really big fan leaves, so I decided it's time to start LST and defoliate. Both plants had 4-6 leaves trimmed leaving behind 4-5 smaller fan leaves. The Hobbit looked like it could handle the LST better than the Rhino Ryder so I started with two stems on the Hobbit. I've been questioning if the roots have hit the reservoir, so out of fear that they haven't I added a small amount of water on Friday. On Saturday I watered with full nutes after more defoliating and LST. These plants looked like I never trimmed them on Thursday. There is a ton of new bud sites and some more are coming in. The smell has started but it's very faint. The fan leaves smell wonderful. The rising temperature has been taken care of once I added a fan inside the grow space at the level of the lights

SUNDAY - NOTHING MONDAY - Defoliate; 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes TUESDAY - NOTHING WEDNESDAY - Defoliate; 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes THURSDAY - NOTHING FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; FULL NUTES SATURDAY - Defoliate; Heavy LST All the defoliating I did seemed to have grown back in by Monday. The growth I'm getting seems really good. Decided not to defoliate anymore until the end of the week. Friday was a good growth day for the Rhino Ryder. It really started branching with all kinds of new growth. It may have something to do with the light being lifted up a few inches to keep the 18" away from new growth. The Hobbit has really dense branches. Clearly the Rhino Skin is helping as I've been providing the full dose lately. I also realized if I didn't start some serious LST on the Hobbit then I would never get those branches to bend. I opened the plant up a bunch to get the growth going out instead of just straight up. With all of the branching I'm seeing the possibility of at least 10 colas for each plant. I'm guessing within the next week or two I will need to start vegging nutrients. I also want to add additional Emerald Harvest supplement nutrients. I'm really loving the results I'm getting so far with them.

SUNDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes MONDAY - NOTHING TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water WEDNESDAY - NOTHING THURSDAY - NOTHING FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Bloom Nutes I think I went a little too hard on defoliating the past few weeks. Both plants haven't started their vertical ascent. I figured by now I should see them put on some height. Reading up I found that you can stunt if you defoliate too much early on. So I've left the plant alone this week so it can recover. I also realized I should be on flowering nutes so I did my last veg nutes on Sunday. I followed the rest of the week with just plain water and ended with flowering nutes. I also added some more nutrients from Emerald Harvest because I'm really liking the simplicity of their nutes along with the great results I'm getting.

SUNDAY - Serious LST, 1 Gallon RO Water (each) Full Flower Nutes MONDAY - Nothing TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water, Full Flower Nutes WEDNESDAY - Nothing THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each, Full Flower Nutes; No Rhino Skin FRIDAY - NOTHING SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each, Full Flower Nutes This week I left the plant alone Monday - Friday besides watering with nutes. Whatever issues there were with vertical growth seemed to be going away because the Rhino Ryder is shooting up. The Hobbit has stopped growing vertically but the stems are strong and the plant is dense. Saturday I decided to pull them out and lollipop them lightly. I don't want to go too hard early and stunt development. I also did very light defoliating after some LST. The Hobbit really needed the LST as light wasn't penetrating the canopy. I wanted to spread the branches and open the plant up overall. The Rhino Ryder was more about keeping an even canopy and breaking that center dominance, which seems to be working. The aroma is starting to come in heavier. Pulling the plants out to work on them made my entire place smell. It does seem like the Hobbit is ahead of the Rhino Ryder, so I decided to shift it to Mid-Flower nutrient schedule just in case.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each TUESDAY - Nothing WEDNESDAY - Light Defoliation; 1 Gallon RO Water Each; Full Nutes THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water - Rhino FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.1 Gallons RO Water (Rhino Ryder); Full Nutes SATURDAY - DEFOLIATE This week has been about letting the plants grow and do their thing. I did some light defoliating everytime I watered (maybe 4-5 fan leaves). Saturday was a major defoliating to open the canopy up and get some more light penetration. This is the last defoliation for the Hobbit which is definitely ahead of the Rhino Ryder in flower. The buds are coming in nicely with a ton of colas all around. The Rhino Ryder got a major defoliation as the canopy has really exploded this week. It's also grown quite a bit. My hope is that it's done growing. I have been LST-ing to make sure it doesn't get too tall. The leaves at the top on it were starting to close up a little with the addition of the new light and growth, so I moved the lights up a little and pulled the tops down a little. Since I did this on Thursday the plant has gone back to normal.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - .5 Gallon RO Water Each TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each; Full Nutes WEDNESDAY - Nothing THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each; Full Nutes FRIDAY - .5 Gallon RO Water Each SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder); Full Nutes Another flowering week which means leaving the Hobbit alone for the week. The buds are coming in nicely with the fan leaves at full spread the entire week. Clearly she is busy and who am I to interrupt. The Rhino Ryder has just been getting taller and taller (22"). It's insane how she suddenly decided to put on some height. Her bud sites are really starting to come in at well, which makes me happy because if she got any taller I would run into problems. She's as tall as the bottom tote and that is with all the LST that I did. I will definitely be building a scrog for my next grow so I don't run into this issue again. Also did some defoliation to her at the end of the week as she is very bushy which is blocking some bud sites. Nutrients have been regular and as directed by the various companies. It's been a no brainer kind of grow which makes my life easier. At this point as long as I keep things consistent there shouldn't be any major issues. I do need to dial in the water amount because I'm seeing less and less runoff for the Rhino Ryder, which means she is getting really thirsty. I may have to start feeding a gallon of water everyday and just alternate between just RO and nutrients. I had an interesting incident on Thursday. I came home from work and the tote was at 88 degrees with 80% humidity. I freaked out. When I opened it up the walls were covered in moisture. It turns out the duct going to carbon filter bucket came off and there was no air circulating inside my grow. I left the grow open for a little while after I re-attched the duct. Everything went back to normal, but I have no idea how long it was like that. Everyone seems to be recovering but me, though the Rhino Ryder is unhappy. What a scare.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes WEDNESDAY - Nothing THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 2 Gallons RO Water (Rhino Ryder); Full Nutes FRIDAY - Nothing SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 2 Gallons RO Water (Rhino Ryder); Full Nutes It's been a week of letting the plants be. We are getting closer to harvest on the Hobbit. The flower is really starting to firm up with a good amount of trichomes. I did notice early in the week that the light for that plant was a little too far and might be impacting the flowering, so I lowered the light (HLG 65, 3000K) just over the Hobbit. It's now closer to 12" away from the Hobbit's canopy. The bud from the Rhino Ryder that is closer to that light is a little unhappy but nothing that has me overly concerned. I'm guessing it will only be for another 2 weeks when the Hobbit will be harvested. The Rhino Ryder just won't stop growing. The highest branch has now grown higher than the lower tote it grows in. The bud has really started to come in. I had to turn the cob down slightly to compensate for the other light I lowered for the Hobbit. The Rhino Ryder has also been demanding more water. I am up to 2 gallons every other day and I may need to start watering at least a gallon on the days in between. I do plan on defoliating a bit more and increasing the nutes to Mid Flower levels for the Rhino Ryder.

SUNDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder); Major Defoliation (Rhino Ryder) MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each; Full Nutes TUESDAY - .5 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) WEDNESDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder); 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); Full Nutes THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder); 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); Full Nutes SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Switched Hobbit to late-flower nutrient schedule. It was a mostly uneventful week for this plant. Feedings were normal except for the switch in stages. On Saturday I decided it would be good to pull the plant out and check the lower plant. I haven't really touched the plant besides watering and of course that was a small mistake. I noticed that the plant's foliage was DENSE. It seemed like air wasn't circulating as well as it should be. Everything below the top canopy just wasn't fully developed. So I pulled all the LST and started defoliating. The plant opened up quite a bit. I will keep an eye on it over the next few days to see what happens. Switched Rhino Ryder to mid-flower nutrient schedule. The thirst of this plant continues but seems to have topped out. I am sticking with 1 Gallon of water/nutes everyday. I also noticed some of the top buds were getting close to the lights with the sugar leaves curling up on the tips a bit. So I lifted the light up a bit. I also pulled the plant out on Saturday and did another big defoliation as the fan leaves keep coming and getting huge. The buds are really starting to come in so I wanted to make sure the lower buds are getting the light they need. Two things came up with my grow setup this week. 1. I added another Axial fan to keep the air circulating low in the space tote. This brought my temperature down 4 degrees. I put it on a speed controller and set it to half speed. 2. My LED side light strip broke. I will be replacing that ASAP and probably adding a second strip.

SUNDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water Each; Full Nutes MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) TUESDAY - 1.25 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) WEDNESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) THURSDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water; Full Nutes FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) SATURDAY - 5 Gallon RO Water Flush (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes (Rhino Ryder) This week was more feeding and letting the plants be. I'm reaching the finish line on the Hobbit so there's no sense in messing with the plant too much at this point. I had the side fan on at the start of the week to encourage more airflow in the lower half of the tote. It really helped a ton with getting the Hobbit lower growth to not feel as damp. After a couple of days I turned the fan off and the lower buds were looking much better. Trichomes on the Hobbit are milky with some amber towards the top of the plant and milky towards the bottom. It's definitely time to flush, so on Saturday I started the process with a 5 gallon flush to clear out the nutrients. The flush water went from brown to pretty close to clear. The goal here is to clean out the excess nutrients so the plant will burn out any remaining nutrients in the fan leaves. The buds for the Rhino Ryder are really coming in nicely. I did make sure to pull the plant out and check for lower bud growth that came since last time I lollipopped it. There wasn't a ton so I just pulled out what grew in. The aroma for the Rhino Ryder is definitely getting stronger, but nothing my Phresh carbon filter can't handle. The aroma has developed a sort of lime/citrus smell. It's really nice. My guess is this plant has another 3 weeks. Definitely past Fast Buds projected growth timeline, but as long as the buds are good I really don't care if it goes a few extra weeks. Tuesday I repaired the LED side lighting that broke last week and added a second strip of warm white lights. Now I have a mix of warm and cool side lighting. That's 2 Ledmo 5630 LED strips.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/NUTES (Rhino Ryder) TUESDAY - Nothing WEDNESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/NUTES (Rhino Ryder) THURSDAY - .5 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); ,5 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) Watered the Hobbit on Monday and even after the full flush last Saturday I still got dark water coming out of the bottom of the bucket. Just goes to show how much nutrients are really in the resevoir and coco. This continued for the rest of the week. It started eating up the fan leaves and the aroma has increased quite a bit. The buds are getting pretty big but they don't seem totally finished. I plan on letting it go one more week before chopping her down. The Rhino Ryder is really starting to get a strong aroma. If I leave my space tote open for a while it will stink up the place. Colas are coming in pretty thick and the entire canopy has similar growth. Took the plant out at the end of the week for one last defoliation. I also went under the canopy and trimmed all branches with new buds developing or small buds that haven't really developed. All of that stuff is coming in too late and just won't amount to much. I'm guessing I still have 3 weeks left on this plant.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Shared) WEDNESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes THURSDAY - Nothing FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Hobbit); 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water (Rhino Ryder) The entire week was nothing but pure water for the Hobbit plant. Throughout the week the leaves turned more and more yellow. The upper bud thrichomes started turning amber and the lower trichromes are milky. Saturday was harvest. Rhino Ryder is back on full nutes as the colas get larger still. The size and density of the Rhino Ryder is really impressive. Some of the top colas are starting to fold over from the weight. The aroma is starting to lean a little more towards diesel. Harvest is definitely coming in the next few weeks.

SUNDAY - 2 Gallon RO Water MONDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water TUESDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes WEDNESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water THURSDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water SATURDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water w/Full Nutes The Rhino Ryder is the only plant I have going. The Hobbit is cut and drying. A full report will come at the end of the week when it's actually dry. So far the Rhino buds are big but not very frosty. Started the week with water only to make sure there hasn't been any serious salt build up. Ended the week by switching over to a end of flower nutrient schedule. Realizing that it may be time to start the flush. The trichomes are looking milky through out. The buds are pretty much done building size. If I start the flush in the next week I may be able to harvest by the end of the week unless I decided to do a 2 week flush like the Hobbit.

This strain was such an easy grow. Since the day it popped it has been free of any issues. It was a pretty short plant but super dense. I should've been more vigilante in my lollipopping so the top colas could be larger and denser. In the end there were way more popcorn size buds than nice size buds. HOWEVER THE FROST WAS INSANE. Definitely some of the frostiest buds I have ever tried. Minimal amber trichromes when I harvested but all of them were milky. The wet weight was really high, but that was because I dried on the stems with a very light trimming. The aroma was very green but as it dried the green scent went away and the ginger aroma became stronger. Grown under an HLG65 3000K which may be switched for my next grow. I got great results but the plant right next to this under an HLG65 4000K had much better looking buds. Shout out to Growdiaries for making this an easy grow to track.

SUNDAY - Nothing MONDAY - 8 Gallon RO Water Flush TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water WEDNESDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water THURSDAY - Nothing FRIDAY - 1.5 Gallon RO Water SATURDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water It's time for a flush on the way towards a harvest. Aiming for a week long flush followed by a harvest. I've been opening up the canopy a little to make sure the lower buds develop as much as possible before harvest. Chances are a bunch of the lower popcorn nugs will just go towards tinctures and oils. End of the week and the trichomes still haven't turned amber. I strayed from the 24 hour light on schedule. Thursday and Friday I went for 10 - 12 hours of darkness in an effort to have the plant think it's time to start eating itself. It started to do this already earlier in the week, but I've read that it can help trichomes turn to amber as well. I'm giving the plant one more week of flush before I harvest next Saturday. There is one REALLY BIG cola that I can't wait to cut down and show. It's just like the ones I see in other peoples grows that makes me super jealous but never thought I could grow. Super pumped for harvest.

SUNDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water MONDAY - 1.5 Gallons RO Water TUESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water WEDNESDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water THURSDAY - Nothing FRIDAY - 1 Gallon RO Water SATURDAY - Nothing Final week of flush. The lighting schedule was changed to 14 off and 10 on Sunday to Tuesday. The plant was placed in complete darkness Wednesday to Saturday. This caused the temperatures to hit low to mid 60's. Some of the leaves started turning purple, which in retrospect I should've tried earlier to get that purple look stronger. Her aroma has definitely gotten stronger and very delicious. The trichomes never really turned amber but they are definitely cloudy. Some calayxes are still white, but I think she's ready to come down. Time to wrap this grow up!

Overall the plant was a breeze to grow. The initial growth was what you would expect from any plant. Where it really started to become exceptional was during flower. This strain just kept getting bigger and bigger. I ended up doing a ton of LST to keep it from getting too close to my lights. I highly recommend doing a scrog for anyone looking to grow this strain. The trichomes never really turned amber but they were definitely cloudy. I could've left the plant up for longer to see if they eventually would change but at the end of 17 weeks I felt like it was just time to take her down. The colas were massive and even have the dry they were still a pretty good size with good density. It's a water hungry beast so definitely expect to start watering everyday during flower. It didn't scream for more nutrients than recommended and resulted in the best grow I have ever had. I highly recommend the strain to both novice and expert growers.